A stroll round Great Ellingham village

On the 25^th of July, we ran our 5^th NWN nocturnal walk, this time in Great Ellingham, a village situated in the Breckland district of Norfolk.

A good number of villagers turned up for the walk, 16 in total, plus our volunteers Laura, Jamie and Lotty.

Our walk included an opportunity to look inside St James church, a 14^th century building, followed by a stroll around the village towards the old mill and down Church Street. We were even fortunate enough to be granted a visit to the vicar’s garden. Unfortunately, as it was a colder evening, bat activity around the village was minimal. However, we did successfully hear both pipistrelle species, common and soprano, both in and outside the church, and around the village.

 Bat walk in Great Ellingham © Norfolk Wild Nights

 Bat walk in Great Ellingham © Norfolk Wild Nights

 The moth trap (a Robinson trap), which is set up before each walk in the grounds of the church, caught a handful of moths, like an uncertain, a selection of grass veneers, and a few micro moths.

Checking the moth trap © Norfolk Wild Nights

 The Garden Grass veneer is commonly found in grasslands, woodlands,

 fens, heathlands and in gardens. It flies around from May to September. Its food plants are grasses.